Create a table in which you tabulate n (the number of tangents) and the maximum....

[brooke01]

Number of tangents	Maximum number of separate regions
1	3
2	6
3	10
4	14
5	19
6	24
7	28
8	37

I need to find the quadratic equation which models the maximum possible number of separate regions. I have no idea what to do.


Thanks

 

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Create a table in which you tabulate n (the number of tangents) and the maximum and minimum number of separate regions possible. The number of tangents should extend to n = 8.

Find the equation which models the maximum possible number of separate regions.

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